Nancy Newman
Disturbing The Peace
A Novel
Sarah is smart, sexy, and talented…and seems to have it all. She loves her job teaching English to foreigners, has an adoring boyfriend, and a close circle of friends. But something is missing in her life, something that has her restlessly scanning the faces of strangers and asking: Is she the one?
Sarah never met her biological mother, and that hole in her past colored everything that followed. Now, as her thirty-fifth birthday approaches, she sets off on a wild odyssey in search of the woman who gave her life. But the mother she is seeking may not be the one she finds—and may just rock Sarah’s world.
“Heredity or environment–which makes us who we are? Newman's novel, a delicious foray into the frenzied world of a single woman searching for her identity, is chock-full of interesting characters and wicked insights.”
“Sarah doesn’t know her mother, and claws at the truth until it bites her back. Ms. Newman is a brave and vibrant writer…lending hope to those whose troublesome pasts are threatening to burn holes in their present progress.”
“It’s difficult not to feel touched by Sarah’s brave search for the truth. This heartfelt novel is sure to interest readers.”
Raising Passionate Readers
A practical, parent-friendly handbook filled with simple science-based tips and strategies that boost children’s language skills from infancy through the school grades.
Aimed at the busiest of parents, Newman’s joyful approach will inspire and empower anyone who wants to help children become excellent students and enthusiastic readers.
“The author’s enthusiastic philosophy is worth every parent’s consideration. Recommended.”
“At last a brilliantly simple, fun approach to raising lifelong readers. This book will change your child’s life!”
“Being a passionate reader is one of life’s most valuable skills, and Newman brilliantly offers us a foolproof guide that begins on the day your newborn child is brought into the family.”